Geography 2152F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nuclear Meltdown, Eastern Canada, Love Canal
27 Oct 2018
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Maintaining databases on disaster events can be difficult. Why: disaster can co-occur (hurricanes cause floods, earthquakes cause landslides, etc. , mortality can be difficult to count (epidemics, famine, a general lack of census taking (in developing countries) Some people may consider certain events to be disasters while other people may not. Examples: eastern canada 1998 ice storm, walkerton tainted water, canada/u. s. 14-hour power blackout: love canal toxic waste spill in u. s. side of niagara falls, three mile island nuclear meltdown no deaths or injuries. Therefore, a specific definition of a disaster has been developed. A threshold has been developed by the centre for research on the epidemiology of. Disasters (cred): 10 or more deaths/event or, 100 or more persons affected (injured, homeless, etc) or, government declaration of disaster or, plea for international assistance. Exception to the cred threshold: for droughts or famines, at least 2000 persons affected, for technological disasters, 5 or more deaths/event.
